I always love to watch Europa League final if convenient but it always reduce interest when the same nation meet together in the final, like Madrid VS Valencia in champion league is totally my unfavorite. Anyway, Bilbao should win it.

Both teams best players are in the attack, so a good spectacle is guaranteed. I bet for Athletic () as I think we have similar level in attack but better in defence. Just my opinion obviously.

The other detail that should decide is hunger. In this respect I think Athletic also wins as most of its players (if not all) are basque and Athletic supporters since kids. This is the dream of their lives.

Atletico Madrid was founded by Basque students living in Madrid as a youth team of Athletic Bilbao in 1903 (more or less identical shirt colours, badges, name /originally Athletic Club Madrid/). At the beginnings they were actually Bilbao's B team, as they couldn't enter the competitions Athletic Bilbao played in (namely Spanish cup as the only national (non-regional) competition), and Athletic Bilbao could use their players (in Spanish cup). Some ten years later though they opted to change this and became independent from their mothership.